On Wed, 31 May 2000, Patrick Welche wrote:

> PC keyboard, so by "backspace", I mean the one with the arrow, by "delete",
> I mean the one below "insert".
> 
> old xterm (1 May):
>   backspace: ^?
>   delete:    ^?
>   ctl-H: actually erases
> new xterm (29 May):
>   backspace: [3~
>   delete:    [3~
>   ctl-H: actually erases
> 
> xev says that both "backspace" and "delete" return "Delete".

That would be xterm remapping the keysym before curses sees it. Try
unchecking the "BackArrow" key in xterm's Control-MouseButton1 pop-up
menu. If that works, you could set "XTerm*BackarrowKey: false" in your
~/.Xresources-${DISPLAY}, or whatever file ${XENVIRONMENT} points to.